1PM A Moment of Zen
New York Public Library, Tribeca
Scientific studies show that just 10 minutes of meditation a day relieves stress and improves your health and well-being. Take time out of your busy schedule to come to the New Amsterdam library to learn meditation and find inner peace. Once a month we will teach, practice and discuss meditation. No prior experience necessary. Free. Tribeca branch of the New York Public Library, 9 Murray St. www.nypl.org
2PM Cultural Presentation
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
Meet a Cultural Interpreter, one of the Museum’s Native American educators, and learn about materials from throughout the Americas.www.americanindian.si.edu
4PM Family Science Program: Egyptian Mummies
New York Public Library ~ Battery Park City
How are mummies made? Learn about the Ancient Egyptian process, and then mummify your very own hotdog with baking soda to take home in a tomb that you will create. Recommended for school age children. First come first served to the first 25 children accompanied by an adult. 175 North End Avenue.www.nypl.org
6:30PM Trinity Institute: Listen for a Change
Trinity Institute conference on racial justice. Opening night tonight is free of charge; RSVP not required. Beginning at 6:30pm, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, preaches, and journalist and former host of NPR’s All Things Considered Michele Norris gives the keynote address. Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street. www.trinitywallstreet.org
6:30PM The Anne Frank Center
Letters from Anne and Martin
Join The Anne Frank Center USA as we mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a performance of our signature theater piece, Letters from Anne and Martin. Developed from excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank and Dr. King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, the piece evokes the important messages from these legendary figures, as they write of their hopes and plans for a peaceful and unified world. Following the performance, playwright, filmmaker and community activist Spirit Trickey will discuss her mother, Minnijean Brown Trickey’s legacy as one of the “Little Rock Nine” who participated in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. A Q&A will follow the program. Space limited. Reservations recommended. $5, $8 44 Park Place. www.annefrank.com
Downtown Alliance van to the Fairway Market in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Every Thursday morning , this van takes 10 Battery Park City seniors to shop at this site. Meet at 8:45 AM at Chambers Street and River Terrace on the park side or at 9 AM at South End Avenue and Liberty Streets in front of the Chase bank). The van leaves Fairway at 11 AM and will drop you off at your apartment building.
Reserve one or two days in advance by calling Roger Chan at 646-421-5009
Downtown Libraries
Battery Park City Library
10am-6pm. 175 North End Avenue.
212 790-3499
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New Amsterdam Library
9 Murray Street
212 732-8186
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